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gwen: the deficit? >> yes. >> it will get below a trillion after 2012, the year after the coming year which is the year where you're going into a campaign. it won't be much under a trillion. chiefly the reason it comes down and continues to go down for most of the coming decade is because of economic growth. once the economy recovers, you're bringing in more taxes and you're not paying so much in unemployment compensation and the like anymore. but by the end of the decade, you pick up again. and what that represents is the, really the bulk of the baby boomers reaching retirement age and drawing benefits from medicare and social security and medicaid to the point where it's unsustainable. >> was there any sign this week that either the democrats or the republicans are serious about when they talk about definite silt reduction? they're always fairly serious about talking about it, is there any signs they intend to do anything about it since that was something president obama talked about himself? >> you n
gwen: the deficit? >> yes. >> it will get below a trillion after 2012, the year after the coming year which is the year where you're going into a campaign. it won't be much under a trillion. chiefly the reason it comes down and continues to go down for most of the coming decade is because of economic growth. once the economy recovers, you're bringing in more taxes and you're not paying so much in unemployment compensation and the like anymore. but by the end of the decade, you pick...
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gwen? >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict we add theas tir deaths e made official and phographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll interview former president bill clinton about politics 2010, and his annual philanthropy summit. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. - aptioning sponsored by acneil/lehrer productions - aptioned byxú edia access group at wgbh ccess.wgbh.org
gwen? >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict we add theas tir deaths e made official and phographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll interview former president bill clinton about politics 2010, and his annual philanthropy summit. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, joint chiefs chair mullen tells congress lifting the ban is the right thing to do. margaret warner reports. >> lehrer: then, a debate over the president's proposals to pull the plug on human space flight; >> ifill: an update from haiti on some of the earthquake's youngest victims; plus a tom bearden report on how haitian orphans are adapting to life with their adoptive parents in colorado. >> he's gone through an earthquake. he's on basically planet mars. he's ready to smile at any moment. it's amazing. >> lehrer: and paul solman talks to the c.e.o. of the bank of new york. >> no bank should be too big to fail. that is my view, and that is our industry's view. capitalism works. darwinism works. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life. bank of america this is the power of human energy. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, joint chiefs chair mullen tells congress lifting the ban is the right thing to do. margaret warner reports. >> lehrer: then, a debate over the president's proposals to pull the plug on human space flight; >> ifill: an update from haiti on some of the earthquake's youngest victims; plus a tom bearden report on how haitian orphans are adapting to life with their adoptive parents in colorado. >> he's gone through an...
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once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. so tonight, we tackle the challenge of turning the page. president obama's oval office address provided a useful prame this week that was supposed to be about iraq but it was about so much else, including the economy, uncertain foreign policy and politics. why is august never a good month for barack obama? now we are safely in september, the question must be asked. >> you detected the pattern haven't you. he has had difficulties in augusts and ended this one in a very busy week. when he gave that speech in the oval office, he talked about turning the page. what he meant to convey is, it's time now to focus on the economy. but as that speech showed, the tension in that speech as he was trying to deal with a lot of issues at once underscored the political problems that he and the democrats and the administration have. i mean, he said the economy is my principal responsibility as president. that's why we want to turn the page. but turning the page, let's just start with iraq. yes, the co
once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. so tonight, we tackle the challenge of turning the page. president obama's oval office address provided a useful prame this week that was supposed to be about iraq but it was about so much else, including the economy, uncertain foreign policy and politics. why is august never a good month for barack obama? now we are safely in september, the question must be asked. >> you detected the pattern haven't you. he has...
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gwen: we get it. it seems that's one of those things that if you say it, then you're already in trouble. so what is it that they are saying that they get, that they believe the american public is asking them for? >> i think they have a sense like a lot of people do that there's a certain amount of outrage a. certain amount of anxiety and distress in the american public and also a certain amount of anger, particularly at washington and the politicians. the tea party as you alluded to doesn't have great love necessarily for republicans. they're angry at democrats right now but it's an open question whether republicans can kind of ride this wave. as this is their way of saying, we feel what you feel. we understand what you're saying. i mean, john boehner said we get it because that was a big part of the message they were trying to convey. >> the big theme in the tea party is the deficit. how do you assess this document? ok. no repeal of the tax cuts. entitlement spending stays the same. and no reduction
gwen: we get it. it seems that's one of those things that if you say it, then you're already in trouble. so what is it that they are saying that they get, that they believe the american public is asking them for? >> i think they have a sense like a lot of people do that there's a certain amount of outrage a. certain amount of anxiety and distress in the american public and also a certain amount of anger, particularly at washington and the politicians. the tea party as you alluded to...
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gwen: dan? >> nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house seems cool to the package that the senate is thinking about. how much difference is there between democratic leaders in the two chambers, and what can president obama do to try to resolve that? >> i think both sides, the house and senate, are interested in getting anything they can. and if they can only get a small bill out of the senate, nancy pelosi isn't going to stop it. i do think that they disagree on the substance, but maybe not on the tactics. gwen: thanks, janet. now we're going to turn to foreign policy. new developments in iran about a set of old issues -- domestic unrest, nuclear ambition and threatened international sanctions. but as we look at the unpredictable state of affairs there, what of these three things is real and what is not? david? >> well, one thing that's real is that the government is under continued attack from some portion of its own people. 30%, 40%, and, yet, in these particular protests this week, which mark th
gwen: dan? >> nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house seems cool to the package that the senate is thinking about. how much difference is there between democratic leaders in the two chambers, and what can president obama do to try to resolve that? >> i think both sides, the house and senate, are interested in getting anything they can. and if they can only get a small bill out of the senate, nancy pelosi isn't going to stop it. i do think that they disagree on the substance, but...
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once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: the oil is toxic. tensions in the middle east are suddenly deadly. the economy is listless and politics is tangled. this is the landscape that barack obama faces on day 46 of the oil spill that won't stop spreading or complicating everything else the white house is trying to do. >> imagine a storm blowing that oil up and bringing in here and laying it down. we are here. imagine that black stuff on everything. we'll never clean it up. we will devastate coastal louisiana forever. gwen: as we have seen this week, no president can focus on one thing at a time, so mr. obama was back in the gulf today for his third visit. >> i do not want to see this thing repeated again and the people don't want to see it either. gwen: a domestic crisis forced the white house to cancel a planned trip to asian australia. how much has this story overwhelmed everything else, peter? >> it takes the action out of the room when you are worrying about oil that doesn't seem to stop. they call it obama's katrina. it is obama's iran
once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: the oil is toxic. tensions in the middle east are suddenly deadly. the economy is listless and politics is tangled. this is the landscape that barack obama faces on day 46 of the oil spill that won't stop spreading or complicating everything else the white house is trying to do. >> imagine a storm blowing that oil up and bringing in here and laying it down. we are here. imagine that black stuff on everything. we'll never clean...
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king, gwen ifill. by the way, you can stay and gwen will sign copies of her book. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up, cut -- several experts in nuclear security talk about president obama as upcoming trip to prague. and the irs commissioner on his role in collecting tax revenues. after that, a discussion on conservatism and the global economy. tomorrow on "washington journal," a discussion on how massachusetts was used as a model for national health care legislation with the massachusetts health and human services secretary. a look at anti-government militias in the u.s. with marked potok third we will also check with joe and lublin of the "wall street journal" about a survey taken nuncio's about pay and perks. tuesday, a discussion on federal oversight of car safety standards with former administrators of the national highway traffic safety administration. along with the president and ceo of the alliance of automobile manufacturers. viewers can al
king, gwen ifill. by the way, you can stay and gwen will sign copies of her book. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up, cut -- several experts in nuclear security talk about president obama as upcoming trip to prague. and the irs commissioner on his role in collecting tax revenues. after that, a discussion on conservatism and the global economy. tomorrow on "washington...
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once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. no doubt about it. the president of the united states was one happy man this week, in iowa, he rubbed it in a bit. reminding supporters that republican fears about his health care plan had not immediately come to pass. >> after i sign the bill i look around to see if there were any destroyeds -- asteroids falling or -- >> [applause] it turned out it was a nice day. people still have their doctors. gwen: but the president and his aides know well the political problems have not gone away. a new national journal insiders poll shows virtually all, 97%, of congressional insiders, say their party will be more energized by the health bill's passage. >> the american people aren't going to take this lying down. the ink isn't even dry. and there's a grassroots revolt over this bill. gwen: of course, those are republicans. this white house chief of staff, rahm emmanuel, pushed back on the cbs newshour. >> i'm not in the business of giving political advice to rerns but that's not what the american people want and i
once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. no doubt about it. the president of the united states was one happy man this week, in iowa, he rubbed it in a bit. reminding supporters that republican fears about his health care plan had not immediately come to pass. >> after i sign the bill i look around to see if there were any destroyeds -- asteroids falling or -- >> [applause] it turned out it was a nice day. people still have their doctors. gwen: but...
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gwen: the next big fight. will the government be able to impose stiff, new controls on the big banks? we talk about that, nuclear politics, supreme court politics and tea party politics tonight on "washington week." >> wall street took advantage of america. it's now our turn to look at wall street contributing to a better america. >> sounds simple enough. but a bank regulation bill that seems like a slam dunk only a short time ago -- >> i think we're very, very close -- gwen: has run into a partisan buzz saw on capitol hill. >> this bill wouldn't solve the problems that led to the financial crisis. it would make them worse. gwen: might the same thing happen to president obama's eventual supreme court nominee or to the plan embraced by global leaders this week to reduce nuclear weapons? but saws ever where. >> the tea party movement. gwen: much of it building under the tea party flag. >> stop calling anyone un-american. let the unintended consequences of these actions, the results are un-american. gwen: coverin
gwen: the next big fight. will the government be able to impose stiff, new controls on the big banks? we talk about that, nuclear politics, supreme court politics and tea party politics tonight on "washington week." >> wall street took advantage of america. it's now our turn to look at wall street contributing to a better america. >> sounds simple enough. but a bank regulation bill that seems like a slam dunk only a short time ago -- >> i think we're very, very close...
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we get an update from special correspondent saima mohsin in karachi. and examine how pakistan's government is coping with the crisis. >> lehrer: then, we talk to law professor valerie hans about the dynamics of a jury's deliberations, after former illinois governor rod blagojevich was found guilty on one of 24 charges. >> to give credit to the entire jury-- there wasn't any animosity; there wasn't any yelling or name-calling. they were very professional, they were very thoughtful. >> ifill: judy woodruff explores the latest research on detecting and treating alzheimer's disease. >> lehrer: we have an encore report from fred de sam lazaro about the shortage of clean drinking water in ethiopia. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown gets the views of columnists eugene robinson and ross douthat on the proposal to build an islamic center two blocks from ground zero. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we get an update from special correspondent saima mohsin in karachi. and examine how pakistan's government is coping with the crisis. >> lehrer: then, we talk to law professor valerie hans about the dynamics of a jury's deliberations, after former illinois governor rod blagojevich was found guilty on one of 24 charges. >> to give credit to the entire jury-- there wasn't any animosity; there wasn't any yelling...
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thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. as we begin a new year, we find ourselves mired in old arguments, many of them based on what if's. what if mew tal lab had managed and explosion? what if his visa had been revoked? what if bull body scanners had detected 9 explosives concealed on his body? all that boils down to this -- what if the nation's counterterrorism network had been sharing the information it now appears they had in hand? michael duffy wrote this week's cover story, "fear of flying." >> no question that there isn't a lot of good news, when he made his journey from yemen to detroit last week. he left a lot of crumbs, and u.s. officials either missed those crumbs or didn't know what to do with them when they saw them and it took the passengers on the plane itself to actually foil the attack. there's so many lessons to this story, it's hard to know where to start. we've already learned that the u.s. system of lists about who are the terrorists and who should fly is not working. when abdulmutallab's father walked
thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. as we begin a new year, we find ourselves mired in old arguments, many of them based on what if's. what if mew tal lab had managed and explosion? what if his visa had been revoked? what if bull body scanners had detected 9 explosives concealed on his body? all that boils down to this -- what if the nation's counterterrorism network had been sharing the information it now appears they had in hand? michael...
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i'm gwen ifill. the taliban's top military commander is captured in pakistan. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the significance of that seizure, plus an update on the big coalition offensive in afghanistan's helmand province. >> the marines from bravo company first arrived in the central part of the area, they were welcomed, if will, by repeated small arms attacks. >> ifill: then, politicians jump ship in the face of a rising anti-washington tide. next out-- indiana's evan bayh. >> woodruff: a report from egypt on the country's innovative approach to overcoming a massive problem with garbage. >> the system. let's work in the north and the south. it doesn't work. >> ifill: and european currency under stress-- what it means for europe and the world. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour". major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60
i'm gwen ifill. the taliban's top military commander is captured in pakistan. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the significance of that seizure, plus an update on the big coalition offensive in afghanistan's helmand province. >> the marines from bravo company first arrived in the central part of the area, they were welcomed, if will, by repeated small arms attacks. >> ifill: then, politicians jump ship in the face of a rising anti-washington tide....
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i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, one year after the president signed the $787 billion stimulus bill. what worked, what didn't, and what's to come. >> brown: then, the brewing storm over nuclear energy. after the administration offers to fund two new reactors. >> ifill: ray suarez reports on secretary of state hillary it's not this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> tom: good evening everyone. a birthday bash at the white house today: america's stimulus package is one year old. >> susie: tom, a year ago today president obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, the largest in u.s. history. the question many people are asking >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company
. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, one year after the president signed the $787 billion stimulus bill. what worked, what didn't, and what's to come. >> brown: then, the brewing storm over nuclear energy. after the administration offers to fund two new reactors. >> ifill: ray suarez reports on secretary of state hillary it's not this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> tom:...
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i'm gwen ifill. political candidates and party leaders shift into high gear as republicans raise money, and democrats try to raise enthusiasm. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the shifting political landscape from analyst stuart rothenberg, 15 days before the midterm election. >> ifill: and judy woodruff profiles what is perhaps this year's marquee race, the nevada senate showdown. >> i'm here in the silver state where the most powerful man in the u.s. senate, majority leader harry reid is locked in a down to the wire battle with tea party favorite sharron angle. neither side is confident of the outcome. >> brown: then "wall street journal" reporter geoffrey fowler outlines new breaches of privacy for users of the social network facebook. >> ifill: from pakistan, two months after the floods, special correspondent jeffrey kaye reports on the continuing malnutrition and disease. >> people are not having that much good nutrition. they're not having shelter.
i'm gwen ifill. political candidates and party leaders shift into high gear as republicans raise money, and democrats try to raise enthusiasm. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the shifting political landscape from analyst stuart rothenberg, 15 days before the midterm election. >> ifill: and judy woodruff profiles what is perhaps this year's marquee race, the nevada senate showdown. >> i'm here in the silver state where the most...